England opener Tammy Beaumont has announced that she will retire from international cricket after the one-off Test against India at Lord’s starting on Friday.The 35-year-old will end an international career that began in 2009. “Playing for England for almost 17 years has been the greatest honour,” Beaumont said.“I fell in love with playing cricket as a little girl and little did I know that playing for England was an option and it makes me so happy to think of how many girls and boys have been inspired, especially this summer, and how far cricket has come in our country,” she said.“We have always wanted to preserve the cap for the next generation and now is the time for me to hand over that privilege to the next generation of England players.”“This Test match at Lord’s – our first ever women’s Test at Lord’s – feels like the perfect time to end a career and I never dreamed it would be so special.”Beaumont made his England debut in 2009 and has played 260 international games. She is England’s women’s ODI century leader with 1,200 centuries.She represented England in 11 Test matches, 140 One-Day Internationals and 109 T20 Internationals. Her 12 ODI centuries remain an England women’s record.One of the biggest moments of her career came in 2017 when she was named player of the tournament and helped England win the Women’s World Cup at home. Beaumont emerged as the highest run-scorer with 410 runs.Beaumont was recently left out of England’s squad for the latest Women’s T20 World Cup, which saw Australia beat the hosts by seven wickets in the final at Lord’s last Sunday.The absence comes despite her return to the England T20I squad after an absence of more than two years between January 2022 and March 2024.Although she did not play any T20Is during England’s Ashes tour of Australia early last year, Beaumont played in all five T20Is against India during England’s tour last summer before missing out on the latest World Cup squad.She was also part of the England team that was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup.In 2023, Beaumont became the first English woman to score a double century in Test cricket when she scored 208 runs in the Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.She is one of only two English women and one of five England players to score an international century in all three formats of the game.
